Champions again in 2012
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I remember a few years ago Son (spurs) getting sent off following a challenge that left an opponent badly injured. This is because the ref saw the result of the challenge. In the days that followed his red card was rescinded because the contact and subsequent serious injury was completely accidental. The moral of the story apparently was not to judge a challenge by the outcome. When I saw the Martinez challenge in the game tonight I actually winced. If he makes contact with the opponent he gets a red card in my view but this is a case where the outcome of the challenge was not significant but could have been, so I think the the ref judges it on the outcome and not the act of jumping 2 footed towards an opponent. I will say though that only Martinez will know for sure what he was doing and what he intended.
